Chalice of Suffering

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Chalice of Suffering
General information
origin Minnesota , United States
Genre (s) Death Doom , Funeral Doom
founding 2015
Website www.chaliceofsuffering.com
Current occupation
Bagpipe , singing
 Kevin Murphy
Drums
 Aaron Lankin
Guitar, electric bass
 Want maravelas
Keyboard, guitar
 Nikolay Velev
singing
 John McGovern
former members
Robert Pollard

Chalice of Suffering is a death and funeral doom band founded in 2015 .

history

John McGovern, who lives in Minnesota, founded Chalice of Suffering as a band in 2015 with the aim of collaborating with other musicians and promoting creative self-realization. The first line-up of the band consisted of him as a singer and members of regional and international metal artists such as We Are Legion and Goblin Hovel. The regional deathcore band We Are Legion came from the guitarist Will Maravelas and the drummer Aaron Lanik. The singer Allan Towne also made a guest contribution to the debut of Chalice of Suffering For You I Die . Robert Bruce Pollard of the doom metal band Goblin Hovel became a flautist for Chalice of Suffering. The Bulgarian keyboardist and guitarist Nikolay Velev also got involved. McGovern looked for the band members among friends and acquaintances as well as through social networks .

"I have known our drummer for a very long while. His son and my son were in scouts together, so that is how we connected. My guitarist, I've known him since 2014. I was looking for a studio to record our first record and Will said he loves doom and was interested. Nikolay I've known since about 2014/2015 from a post I did on the Metal-archives.com site, and the other guys from Facebook Metal community page. "

“I've known our drummer for a long time. His and my son were with the Boy Scouts together. I've known our guitarist since 2014. I was looking for a studio to record our first album and Will said he loved Doom and was interested. I have known Nikolay since around 2014/2015 from a post I made on the Metal Archives website , and the other guys from Facebook groups. "

- John McGovern in an interview with Doom-Metal.com quoted from Aleks Evdokimov

The recording of For You I Die started in the spring of 2015 in the 14:59 studios in Minneapolis under the full responsibility of the band. Since the studio was run by the guitarist Maravelas, he also got involved in the recording process as a sound engineer . Maravelas took over the recording management. He sketched the pieces on the guitar and arranged the music. Velev recorded his contributions in a home studio and sent them to the band. After all the planned pieces were in place, Lankin played the drums in Maracela's studio. Kevin Murphy then played the bagpipe and spoken passages in Gaelic in a studio in his vicinity, following instructions and instructions from McGovern. Similarly, Pollard got involved with the Tin Whistle . In the absence of an adequate line-up, Maravelas also played the bass and other keyboard passages and McGovern added the vocals at the end. In April 2016 the album was released as a music download , CD , LP and MC via GS Productions and Times End Records and received an average to positive reception. The assessment varied from the assessment as "a good attempt with some bright spots, which, however, was unsuccessful in keeping the listeners interested". About ratings as "overall decent work" and "worthy endeavor [] that raises the standard in an already overcrowded genre", as well as a "successful release in the genre" in which the "effectiveness of the atmosphere that the band creates [... ] is undeniable ". Up to the prognosis that “the band will surely inspire dozens of fans” and statements that For You I Die as a debut is a “masterpiece” that “offers much more than just a few mixed up songs”.

In the advertising period for For You I Die that followed its release , McGovern contacted Kunal Choksi of Transcending Obscurity Records . He was enthusiastic about the release and offered Chalice of Suffering a contract for a follow-up album. This album, released in April 2019, Lost Eternally , was similar to its debut mostly recorded at the 14:59 studios in Minneapolis under the direction of Maravelas. With Neal Pruett the band was supplemented by a bass player. Several singers from internationally popular metal bands brought in as guests. The Dane Danny Woe from Woebegone Obscured sang on Emancipation of Pain , the Indian Sahil "The Demonstealer" Makhija from Demonic Resurrection in a duet with McGovern on Miss Me, but let Me Go , the Florida-born Giovanni Antonio Vigliotti from Somnet in a duet with McGovern on Lost Eternally and the Texan Justin Buller from In Oblivion on The Hurt . The album received a wide variety of international reviews. American, British, Belgian, Italian, Spanish, German, Canadian, Greek and Dutch webzines, among others, dealt with the album and rated it almost unanimously positive.

“With groups like CHALICE OF SUFFERING in your ear, you are currently enjoying the little renaissance of Doom Death . 'Lost Eternally' may not be a big hit like God Disease 's 'Drifting Towards Inevitable Death' recently , but it is an excellent piece of Doom Death with which new generations can familiarize themselves with the subject. "

- Andreas Schiffmann for Musikreviews.de about Lost Eternallys

style

McGovern, who describes the lyrics as consistently personal reflections, determines the lyrical framework. Chalice of Suffering deals with "sadness, despair and depression " based on their own experiences. In particular, the loss of people close to him, his father on the debut and his mother on Lost Eternally , contributed to the creation of the lyrics. The topic of isolation , depression, weakness and grief was also relevant beyond the texts on his parents and related to himself.

The music played by Chalice of Suffering for this is attributed to Death and Funeral Doom . In the Doom-Metal.com webzine , the music is described as a melodic Funeral Doom with influences from Celtic folklore and classical music . For a classifying comparison, reference is made to Shape of Despair . The individual pieces are perceived as long with a duration of more than six minutes. The music is "consistently designed for atmosphere". The style is "casually interpreted" by Chalice of Suffering. "Keyboards ( organ sounds in particular), growls and riffs that end forever " correspond to both genres. These components are supplemented by " elegiac brass sounds [...] and clear vocals", which gives the band independence in the genre.

Discography

  • 2016: For You I Die (Album, GS Productions)
  • 2019: Lost Eternally (Album, Transcending Obscurity Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

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